Review
‘…this Volume is more than just a (re-)collection: it should be considered extremely useful for practitioners and academics alike who wish to acquaint themselves with the extensive emerging body of international anti-terrorism law and with the ways in which international law can and ought to be employed in order to suppress and prevent international terrorism, to promote peace and justice and to deny terrorists ‘safe havens’…’ Nico Schrijver, Chairman of the Academic Council on the UN System, NY
Product Description
Terrorism and the International Legal Order introduces the various aspects surrounding the efforts which have been undertaken to enhance cooperation and coordination in the war against terrorism. It deals with jurisdiction and extradition, with the ICC and the ICJ, with safe havens and cross-border aspects. Van Krieken brings together key documents on terrorism in the context of the international legal order, all preceded by succinct introductions. He pays ample attention to all the UN organs, the Security Council and ECOSOC in particular, and to the European Union and its efforts to harmonize legislation. As fear exists that the fight against terrorism will erode the human rights regime, Van Krieken puts human rights in the broader context of international law and the quest for peace and justice. But he also extensively addresses the issue of asylum seekers and migrants who may have been, are, or might become involved in terrorism-related acts.